Russian Ministry of Defense plans to hold military exercises for the North Caucasus district armed forces in reply to NATO’s military exercises in Georgia, Russian website Gazeta.ru reports.
According to the Ministry of Defense the operational-strategic military exercises, named Caucasus 2009’, will take place from June 29 to July 6.
“The main purpose of the exercises is the assessment of combat readiness in the Southwest district of Russia. Also, we want to improve interaction of military administrations in the
North Caucasus.” Spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Drobyshevsky said. “The troops, who will be performing the maneuvers, will show thier prowess under the conditions of
martial law and state of emergency.”
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